Acorn basket; twined. Warp is peeled Hazel (Corylus cornuta californica), weft is Conifer root (Pinophyta). White pattern is Beargrass (Xerophyllum tenax). Brown dye is Conifer in mud. Grimy from use. Plain twined. Single faced overlay, floated on back. 2 lattice twined rows in white overlay.
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Northwestern California
Verbatim coll. place:
California
Culture or time period:
Yurok
Collector:
Alfred L. Kroeber
Collection date:
1901
Materials:
Common beargrass, Conifer root, and Hazel shoots
Taxon:
Corylus cornuta californica, Pinophyta, and Xerophyllum tenax
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Mush basket bowl and Twined weaving
Function:
1.5 Household
Accession date:
1903 and November 20, 1901
Department:
Native California (archaeology and ethnology)
Dimensions:
height 10 centimeters and 19 centimeters
Comment:
Published: AAE II, 4, p 122, Fig 58. For materials see Supplementary catalogue 1, p. 80.
Loans:
S1970-1971 #146: Denver Museum of Natural History (July 23, 1954–July 3, 1973)